Ich beschäftige mich erst seit etwa einem halben Jahr intensiv mit Exoskeletten, und Ich bin auf einen Artikel gestoßen, den ich ziemlich interessant fand. Es vergleicht zwei Consumer-Exoskelette, Hypershell und Dnsys
Der Artikel sagt:
Chris Haslam, einer der besten Produktrezensenten von WIRED, die für diesen Test angeworben wurden, hat einen 76-jährigen Vater mit einer Hüfte aus Titan. Chris‘ Vater konnte mit einem Exoskelett einen Hügel erklimmen, ohne auf halber Strecke seine übliche Verschnaufpause einlegen zu müssen. Für Chris – ein gesunder, aktiver 48-Jähriger – waren sie jedoch eher ein Hindernis als eine Hilfe
Dieser Kontrast sagt viel. Diese Geräte sind offensichtlich noch nicht jedermanns Sache. Wenn man jung und fit ist, scheinen sie nicht viel zu bringen. Aber für ältere Menschen fühlen sie sich bereits als wirklich nützlich an
Für etwas, das sich noch vor nicht allzu langer Zeit experimentell anfühlte, scheint es schneller zu gehen, als ich erwartet hatte. Ich kann mir ehrlich vorstellen, dass Exoskelette zu einem normalen Teil des Alterns werden, vielleicht haha
Exoskeletons seems to be moving faster than I expected..
byu/nawmi_lisa inFuturology
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I honestly think there’s a chance exoskeletons are the next cellphone.
But we either need to make them a lot less power hungry OR make the next leap in power density in batteries first. Right now they’re just running out of power too fast for the masses.
But there’s still some great uses! Like the above, or painters that need to keep their arms up for hours.
I’d imagine they’ll be great for getting old people out of bed in rest homes and the like.
Is this Chris Haslam as in the pro skateboarder Chris Haslam?
My knees and back are just begging for this technology.
Even if you’re fit, putting on a 20 kg backpack can make an exoskeleton worthwhile. Especially if the route involves a lot of vertical hiking.
I recently bought one on Kickstarter. Its going to be a help for me as i would like to hike with my son who has a disability and can’t move. I’m planning to make a video of that as i think this will show some people how to help them too. Also i was thinking about selling those as i also think this might catch on. The one i bought is around 1100-1200 usd so it’s not crazy expensive and it looks solid. Didn’t receive it yet. Let me know if you would like me to post a video to it. I don’t want to spam.
They’ll serve capitalism to suppress proletariat uprisings.
they still cost too much and are pretty much still prototype, so you’re paying for beta testing, but i would love them to be mainstream, with our aging population they might be a game changer.
I got my hyper shell in September and went from walking very short distances to walking and climbing stairs quicker than the kids. I have bad arthritis in my hip so mechanically the joints are permanently damaged. The exo works in a way that it stabilises the joints both lateral and horizontal whilst at the same time helps the thighs by lifting or giving downforce when decending Hills or stairs. This device is truly groundbreaking. Without it I would not have been able to go back to work, I am back full-time now in Jan after being on disability leave for 5 years. It is not only the movement that I have gained back. As it stabilises it allows me to cover further distances and because it lifts it also relieves some of the fatigue so I can move more for longer which in turn means that my muscles are retaining their strength allowing me to keep going further and further in a very positive feedback loop. Without it, the pain and the exhaustion from walking and moving too much would knock me out for days and would even put me back on bed rest. I am very curious how these devices will keep on evolving. Device weight is an issue when wearing one for a long period of time. Durability is another issue, the hyper shell albeit splashproof is not waterproof, nor is it strong enough to sustain any major bumps from doing any other activities than walking and running.